English File Upper-intermediate Wordlist

File 2
activate /"&ktIveIt/
acupuncture /"&kjUpVNktS@/
(be) addicted to /@"dIktId tU/
addictive /@"dIktIv/
ageing process /"eIdZIN pr@Uses/
allergy /"&l@dZi/
alternative /O:l"t3:n@tIv/
antibiotics /&ntIbaI"QtIks/
appendicitis /@pendI"saItIs/
applaud /@"plO:d/
apply to /@"plaI tU/
arthritis /A:T"raItIs/
aspirin /"&sprIn/
banned substance /b&nd "sVbst@ns/
blocked /blQkt/
blood pressure /"blVd preS@/
caffeine /"k&fi:n/
cease /si:s/
check-up /"tSekVp/
cloning /"kl@UnIN/
come out /kVm "aUt/
confident /"kQnfId@nt/
consumption /k@n"sVmpSn/
contaminated /k@n"t&mIneItId/
cough (v) /kQf/
cure (n) /kjU@/
cut down /kVt "daUn/
dairy /"de@ri/
decaffeinated /di:"k&fIneItId/
delay /dI"leI/
detect /dI"tekt/
diagnosis /daI@g"n@UsIs/
diet /"daI@t/
dizzy /"dIzi/
donor /"d@Un@/
emergency /Im"3:dZ@nsi/
energetic /en@"dZetIk/
(be) fed up with /fed "Vp wID/
from time to time /frQm taIm tU "taIm/
function /"fVNkSn/

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gambling /"g&mblIN/
genes /dZi:nz/
genetics /dZI"netIks/
get (sb) down /get "daUn/
get used to /get "ju:st tU/
give up /gIv "Vp/
halt /hO:lt/
have a good time /h&v @ gUd "taIm/
holographic image /hQl@gr&fIk "ImIdZ/
homeopathic medicine /h@UmI@Up&TIk "medsn/
(be) hooked on /"hUkt Qn/
immortality /ImO:"t&l@ti/
immune system /Im"ju:n sIst@m/
in time for /In "taIm fO:/
infection /In"fekSn/
inflammation /Infl@"meISn/
insomnia /In"sQmnI@/
insurance /In"SU@r@ns/
intelligent /In"telIdZ@nt/
irritable /"IrIt@bl/
irritation /IrI"teISn/
last (v) /lA:st/
lifespan /"laIfsp&n/
lifestyle /"laIfstaIl/
lump /lVmp/
lungs /lVNz/
(be) mad about /"m&d @baUt/
medical /"medIkl/
medication /medI"keISn/
medicine /"medsn/
moody /"mu:di/
multivitamins /mVlti"vIt@mInz/
nerves /n3:vz/
neurotic /nju:"rQtIk/
nicotine patch /"nIk@ti:n p&tS/
nostril /"nQstrIl/
(be) obsessed with /@b"sest wID/
obsessive /@b"sesIv/
osteopath /"QstI@Up&T/
osteopathy /QstI"Qp@Ti/
outnumber /aUt"nVmb@/
overdose /"@Uv@d@Us/
oxidation /"QksIdeISn/

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painkiller /"peInkIl@/
patient (n) /"peISnt/
pill /pIl/
pin /pIn/
prediction /prI"dIkSn/
pregnant /"pregn@nt/
prescribe /prI"skraIb/
pressure /"preS@/
pulse /pVls/
punctual /"pVNktSU@l/
put your feet up /pUt jO: "fi:t Vp/
reflex /"ri:fleks/
refreshed /rI"freSt/
reliable /rI"laI@bl/
relieved /rI"li:vd/
resentful /rI"zentfl/
retard (v) /rI"tA:d/
retire /rI"taI@/
rumour /"ru:m@/
rush out /rVS "aUt/
rust /rVst/
sacrifice /"s&krIfaIs/
side effects /"saId Ifekts/
smartly /"smA:tli/
sneeze (v) /sni:z/
specialist /"speS@lIst/
species /"spi:Si:z/
spicy /"spaIsi/
squeeze /skwi:z/
stressed /strest/
(have a) stroke /str@Uk/
supplement (n) /"sVplIm@nt/
surgeon /"s3:dZn/
(be) swollen /"sw@Uln/
symptoms /"sImpt@mz/
tablet /"t&blIt/
take your time /teIk jO: "taIm/
thick /TIk/
throat /Tr@Ut/
traditional /tr@"dIS@nl/
transplant (n) /"trA:nsplA:nt/
treat (v) /tri:t/
unwell /Vn"wel/

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(be) used to /"ju:st tU/
vaccination /v&ksI"neISn/
vaccine /"v&ksi:n/
virtual doctor /v3:tSU@l "dQkt@/
virus /"vaI@r@s/
vocal chords /"v@Ukl kO:dz/
vomit /"vQmIt/
waste time /weIst "taIm/
wear out /we@(r) "aUt/
wipe /waIp/
withdrawal /wID"drO:@l/
workaholic /w3:k@"hQlIk/
X-ray /"eksreI/

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